Thanks Ron, I had looked at that, but it seems to require considerable setup in the database, and Autodesk doesn't appear to have actually released the extension that they announced two years ago (the one you pointed to was not related to Oracle). As well, it appears that the MapInfo portion of that toolkit uses point features to store text, without rotation or text attributes, and uses auto-labelling on the client side to display the text. This will not work properly for my CAD-positioned text.
In my testing with MapInfo, I have not been successful at storing text objects to the Oracle database at all. It stores points, lines, and polygons OK, and stores a row for text objects (as a point), but when I re-open the table the text items are not displayed. I'm not sure whether it's possible to store text items in Oracle from MapInfo at all, or if this is caused because I'm using an older version of MapInfo (7.5) on Oracle 10g. Unless someone has some other suggestions, it looks like I might be stuck exporting my text to .tab files. Jason -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ron Cook Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 13:47 To: [email protected] Subject: RE: [fme] Storing data in Oracle for MapInfo access Jason; You might want to look at the following links for interoperability : Intergraph http://www.intergraph.com/interop/ Autodesk http://www.autodesk.com.hk/adsk/servlet/index?siteID=1170102&id=3772068 MapInfo http://www.mapinfo.com/location/integration?txtTopNav=NOT_SELECTED&txtLe ftNa v=NOT_SELECTED&txtExtNav=NOT_SELECTED&txtDetailType=FREEFORM_TEXTAREA&tx tDet ailID=435 Ron Cook B.Sc. Geo-Innovations Inc 11713 10a Avenue Edmonton AB T6J 7A7 (780) 951-0050 This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they are addressed. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager. This message contains confidential information and is intended only for the individual named. If you are not the named addressee you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jason Birch Sent: Thursday, November 10, 2005 11:49 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [fme] Storing data in Oracle for MapInfo access Hello, I'm just starting to use Oracle Locator for storing some Autodesk data (via Munsys). I'd like to eventually make this data available to MapInfo users too. Does anyone know the schema that MapInfo uses to store text features from an Oracle table (if they even support this)? I think that I'm probably going to have to use views to provide the non-text AutoCAD layers to the MapInfo users, and re-write the AutoCAD text data into separate tables for MapInfo on a scheduled basis with FME. It looks like I have some challenges ahead of me getting the various applications to be able to read each others data. Text features especially. I've looked at the interoperability toolkit that MapInfo released a couple years ago (it looks like Autodesk never released theirs) and it appears to involve a considerable amount of work and per-dataset customisation. Jason P.S. Has everyone seen Safe's new movie? It's pretty cool, basically says all the things we know to be true about FME in a way that managers can understand. http://www.safe.com/products/fme/movie/index.php <http://www.safe.com/products/fme/movie/index.php> -- Jason Birch Information Technology Office, City of Nanaimo 238 Franklyn St., Nanaimo, BC, Canada, V9R 2X4 Phone: 250-755-4460/250 Fax: 250-755-4478 Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details. Yahoo! Groups Links Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details. Yahoo! Groups Links Get the maximum benefit from your FME, FME Objects, or SpatialDirect via our Professional Services team. Visit www.safe.com/services for details. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fme/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
